Co-founder of reddit: What's the most important career skill in the 21st century?

From Yahoo Finance: Being able to program computers is an important skill, possibly the most important of the 21st century, says the co-founder of reddit.

“[Writing code] is the new literacy. In this century if you want to have the power to change the world, writing code is the most practical thing you can do,” says Alexis Ohanian, reddit co-founder and author of a new book.